If you look at the above image, you should be able to tell that wrist size isn’t a very good explanatory variable to predict body fat (the response variable). The red line in the image is the “line of best fit
Studying the link between a scalar response variable Y given a new value for the explanatory variable X is an important subject in nonparametric statistics, and there are several ways to explain this link. For examples, the conditional expectation, the conditional distribution, the conditional density...
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Examples of explanatory and response variables In some studies, you’ll have only one explanatory variable and one response variable, but in more complicated research, you may predict one or more response variable(s) using several explanatory variables in a model. ...
The integer autoregressive (INAR) model defined through the thinning operator can be used to model many count data in applications. Usually, the autoregressive parameter in the thinning operator is assumed to be constant or random variable varying in [0,1]. To make the INAR model more practica...
To do this, we use a conditional heteroskedastic half-normal model, with the size of the firm as an explanatory variable in the variance function for the idiosyncratic error. We also perform a test of the hypothesis that the firms use a constant returns-to-scale technology. frontier — ...
Coincidences can be mistaken forcausal relationships, and it can sometimes be challenging to ascertain which is the causal variable and which is the effect. Other interesting articles If you want to know more aboutstatistics,methodology, orresearch bias, make sure to check out some of our other ...
In statistics, a variable is defined as an attribute of an object of study. It is a characteristic that can assume different values. Furthermore, height, age, income, grades obtained at school and type of housing are all examples of variables. However, instatistical studiesthere are many type...
State true or false and justify your answer: A case study is an intensive, in-depth investigation of an individual. Affect heuristic is the tendency to judge the probability of a type of event by how easy it is to think of examples or instances. (i) True (ii) False A ...
The usage of mathematical models and statistics in any professional application is to serve four main purposes: 1. Determine explanatory factors; 2. Determine the sensitivity of the dependent variable to explanatory factors; 3. Estimate outcome values; 4. Perform sensitivity and what-if analysis, to...